Comb-cleaner.



A. ABRAHAM.

COMB CLEANER- APPLHIATION FILED MAYM. 1915.

Patented Aug. 21', 1917.

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Anoftrir ABRAHAM, or ROCKFORD, ILL'InoIsf coma-CLEA E I Specifioati onof Letters Patent I Patented ug. 21,1917.

Application filed May 14,1915. Serial No. 28,172.

To all whom it may concern,"

Be it known that I, ADOLPHABRAH M, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Comb-Cleaners, ofwhich the following. is a specification.

This invention contemplates an improved comb cleaner and has as itsprimary object to provide a device of this character which will besimple, durable, and eflicient.

The invention has as a further object to provide a device of thischaracter wherein the body of the cleaner will be formed from a singlepiece of material and will be provided with relatively long fingersadapted to yieldably support the cleaning element of the devlce;

And the invention has as a still furtherobject to provide a constructionwherein the said cleaning element will. be formed from a single lengthof material wound about the fingers and wherein the fingers will beprovided with terminal shoulders adapted to prevent the displacement ofthe cleaning element.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceedsand'inthe draw ings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodimentof the invention and wherein similar reference characters designatecorresponding parts. throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my improved device,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation partlcularly showing the mounting andcharacter of the cleaning element employed,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view show-=- ing the arrangement of thecleaning element upon the fingers of the body portion of the device.

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the man-' ner in which the cleaningelement is wound about the said fingers,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view particularly 1 showing the shouldersterminally formed on the fingers and adapted to prevent the displacementof the cleaning element.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a substantially U-shaped bodyportion 10 which is preferably formed from a single piece of suitableresilient sheet metal and includes spaced substantially parallel arms 11which are joined by a connecting portion12. Preferably, oppositelongitudinal margins of the connecting portion 12 are rolled to formreinforcing flanges 13 whereby the said connecting portion is strength}ened; Pressedinto the arms 11, at points intermediatethe ends thereof,are oppoin Fig. 5 and are thence bent laterally and outwardly to provideterminal shoulders 17.

By notching the fingers asindicated, the outer terminals thereof may bereadily bent to define laterally projecting shoulders 17, while thepossibility of the breaking of the fingers, iii-being thus b'ent, willbereduced toa minimum, the said notches serving. to sufficiently weakenthe fingers to such'degree that the outer-terminals thereof may bereadily directed laterally.

Cooperating with the fingers 15 01 the body portion '10'of the device isa cleaning element indicated as a whole in Fig. 1 of the drawings at 18.This cleaning element is preferably formed from a s'ingle lengthofsuitable resilient -wire 19 preferably made up of'a plurality ofstrands twisted together as more particularly'shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. In thus forming'the wire 19 of -twisted strands,fth e'cleaning element. 18 is provided with a roughened surface adapted toeffectually engagebetween the teeth of a comb to remove foreign mattertherefrom In'connecting the wire 19 with the fingers 15, one extremityof the wire is secured to the finger A at one corner of one of the arms11 as shown at 20 in Fig. 3 of the drawings, preferably by wrapping thesaid extremity of the wire one or more times around the said finger andthen wrapping the contiguous end of the wire upon the wire itself.Reference will now be had to Figs. 3 and 4 wherein the disposition ofthe wire 19 upon the fingers 15 is clearly indicated, and forconvenience, in describing the winch ing of the wire about the saidfingers, the several fingers will be designated by letters in Fig. 3.

After being secured to the finger A in the manner justpreviouslyindicated, the Wire is carried freely around the outer extremity of thefinger B, arranged opposite the finger A, whence it is then returned andpassed around the finger A. The free extremity of the wire is thencarried freely around the finger C and is thence passed freely aroundthe finger D arranged opposite the finger O, whence it is returned andpassed around the finger C. From the finger C, the free extremity of thewire is then passed freely around the finger E and then around thefinger F arranged opposite the finger E,

whence it is returned to the finger E and then passed around the fingerG. This winding is continued until the wire has been passed around allof the fingers of the device when the free terminal thereof is securedto the finger H arranged opposite the finger A upon the adjacent arm 11.

From the preceding description, and upon an examination of Fig. 4, itwill be seen that the wire 19 is looped freely around correspondingfigures of the arms 11 of the device to be returned to the initialfinger whence it is extended across and looped over the fingerimmediately adjacent the initial finger. After having been so loopedover the finger adjacent the initial finger, it is then looped aroundthe finger corresponding therewith upon the opposite arm 11, thisoperation being continued until wire is passed around all of the fingersof the device.

. This winding of the wire 19 has been found most convenient andefficient since, in passing the wire freely around all of the fingers ofthe device, the yieldable action of all of the said fingers tending tomaintain the strands of the wire between the arms 11 taut, is fullyutilized. The purpose in making the fingers 15 relatively long will nowappear since the said fingers will thus be adapted to exert aconsiderable tension upon the cleaning element'18 for maintaining thestrands thereof relatively taut. Furthermore, the arms 11 of the bodyportion 10 of the device will cooperate with the fingers 15 in thisregard, for maintaining the cleaning element 18 stretched.

It will now be seen that the shoulders 17 of the fingers 15 are adaptedto engage the cleaning element 18 at the points thereof where it islooped around the said fingers to prevent the displacement of thecleaning element from the body portion of the device, as particularlyshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Consequently, it will be seen that Iprovide a very simple and efficient construction for the purpose setforth. In use, the body portion of the device is grasped between thethumb and finger of one hand of the operator in the manner previouslyindicated and the strands of the cleaning element are passed between theteeth of the comb in the well known manner to effect the removal of anyforeign matter from the comb.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim and desire to securebyLetters Pat ent is 1. A device of the character described including abody having spaced arms joined by a flat straight connecting portionwith the arms provided at their outer extremities with fingers, and acleaning element connected to said fingers to extend between the saidarms with the arms and the said connecting portion of the bodyunobstructed to be received within a hand of an operator with the thumband a finger of the hand embracing the said arms and with the bight ofthe body presented inwardly toward the hand.

52. A device of the character described including a substantiallyU-shaped body having spaced arms joined by a straight bight portion andprovided with sockets, fingers formed at the outer extremities of saidarms, and a cleaning element connected to said fingers to extend betweenthe arms with the said arms and the bight of the said body unobstructedto be received within a hand of an operator with the thumb and a fingerof, the hand embracing the said arms for engagement in said sockets andwith the bight of the body presented inwardly toward the hand.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ADOLPH ABRAHAM. [L. s]

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